A young boy walks down a hallway at Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Ky. Kentucky is one of three states with school choice questions on the ballot this fall. (File/Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA — A South Carolina philanthropist’s donation will help cover more of the private school tuition for some students who lost their taxpayer-funded scholarships following a state Supreme Court ruling .
Ravenel B. Curry III, co-founder of a financial planning firm, donated $500,000 to pay tuition for roughly half of the 700 students enrolled in private schools under the state’s voucher program, allowing those students to stay in their schools for the next quarter, according to the Palmetto Promise Institute.
“We are honored and profoundly grateful for Ravenel Curry’s generous gift,” Palmetto Promise Institute CEO Wendy Damron said in a news release.
Gov. Henry McMaster last year signed the law establishing so-called education scholarship accounts, providing parents $6,000 a year in public funds to pay for tuition, transportation, supplies or technology at either private schools or public schools outside a student’s district.